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The updated AUCD Vaccine Confidence Partner Map showcases all of AUCD’s vaccine confidence partners. The blue pins represent our Community of Practice members, the orange pins represent our Dissemination Innovators, and the green pins represent our partners assisting with the development of accessible materials. Click on any pin for contact information and to learn more about how each partner will contribute to the initiative. bit.ly/NCDPH_Map
News
1/20/2022
Call for Participants: COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Study by NCRN
AUCD is doing a study to test COVID-19 vaccine ads. This study is an online survey that tracks your eyes when you are looking at an ad. This study will be done on a computer or laptop that has a camera.
1/14/2022
2022 AUCD Board Special Election: Nominations Requested
Deadline: January 28, 2022
AUCD is currently seeking nominations for the Representational Seat on the AUCD Board of Directors.
Policy
1/18/2022
Disability Policy News
Editor's Note; Fiscal Year 22; Bipartisan Infrastructure; Budget reconciliation; Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act of 2021; CDC Guidance; National Council on Disability; Long COVID; Vaccine Distribution; AUCD Policy Talk; Tuesdays with Liz
12/7/2021
The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) of 2021 Explainer
Sara Bovat, MSW and Liz Weintraub
People with disabilities want to work, live independently and be able to pay their own bills. Jobs under 14(c) certificates are often in places called "sheltered workshops," where they are working separately from co-workers without disabilities and from the community.
11/23/2021
AUCD2021 Virtual Conference Closing Plenary Cheat Sheet
Did you enjoy hearing from the members of Congress who gave remarks during the closing plenary? We did! Here's a recap of the different bills that the Congressional speakers addressed in this document.
AUCD Network Events
2022 Virtual African American Conference on Disabilities
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - Thursday, February 17, 2022Location: Virtual
The African American Conference on Disabilities is the premiere comprehensive disability conference in the United States that addresses the intersection between race and disabilities. The conference examines avenues for self-advocacy to ensure the effective provision of services, resources, and enforcement of civil rights in the African American and disability communities.
Mailman Center Hosts: Innovation and Connection Conference 2022
Tuesday, February 8, 20229:00
Location: Virtual
The conference will bring together experts in early childhood development to discuss challenges and opportunities for the care and wellness of young children as they grow up in a pandemic. Speakers will discuss the physical and emotional impacts of COVID-19 on children 0-5 and their families and highlight ways in which early childhood personnel and allied health professionals can better support young children's well-being and development through practice and policy.
37th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity
Monday, February 28, 2022 - Tuesday, March 1, 2022Location: Virtual
Join us in this unique moment to move forward together. Come reconnect and renew. Celebrate achievements, share lived experiences and lessons learned. As we explore innovative strategies for advocacy and activism, you are invited to weave in your voice. Together, we'll magnify our collective power for meaningful action. Let's mobilize!
AUCD Webinars
Reflecting UCEDD Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commitments in the Core Grant Application
Friday, January 21, 20224:00 - 5:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom
AUCD hosted a webinar in September 2021 on incorporating the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) Action Plan into the UCEDD five-year plans. In this follow-up virtual workshop, UCEDD leaders will discuss strategies for demonstrating their ED&I commitments in the needs, evaluation, organizational capacity, and leveraging sections of the core grant application.
CANCELLED - NIRS Five Year Closeout Report Roll Out Webinar
Wednesday, January 26, 20224:00 - 5:00 ET
Location: Webinar
This webinar introduces UCEDD Directors and Data Coordinators to the 5 Year Close Out Report available in NIRS. During the webinar, participants will be provided a live demonstration of the new report module and will have opportunities to ask questions.
The Social Media Life Cycle: The Why, What, and How of a Post
Wednesday, January 26, 20221:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom Meeting
This webinar will discuss how to intentionally use social media to boost outreach to policy members, stakeholders, advocates, and people with disabilities, how to encourage engagement with social media posts, ensuring that accessible post design is top of mind, and how to track and use social media analytics to make communication decisions to your social media platforms.
AIR-P Presents: How can we use an understanding of the neurodiversity movement to develop socially valid supports for autistic people?
Tuesday, February 15, 20224:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Zoom
After introducing common aims and controversies surrounding the neurodiversity movement, this presentation will empirically examine how support for the neurodiversity movement intersects with perspectives about socially valid "intervention" goal among autistic and non-autistic stakeholders.
